[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5766]
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  SA 2403. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Daines) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3684, to 
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and 
transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

        At the end of title VIII of division D, add the following:

     SEC. 408__. FOREST SERVICE HIRE AUTHORITY.

       Section 12518 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 
     (16 U.S.C. 1725b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting 
     appropriately;
       (C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
     redesignated)--
       (i) by striking ``Land'' and inserting ``Lands''; and
       (ii) by striking ``applies to a former resource assistant'' 
     and inserting the following: ``applies to--
       ``(1) a former resource assistant''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) except as provided in paragraph (1), a former 
     participant in the Public Lands Corps program established by 
     section 204 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 
     1723) who--
       ``(A) successfully fulfilled the requirements of a 
     qualified candidate and program participation; and
       ``(B) earned a high school diploma or equivalent diploma of 
     completion, or completed a workforce development training 
     program; and
       ``(3) a graduate of a Civilian Conservation Center program 
     described in section 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d)) who successfully 
     completed a training program focused on forestry, wildland 
     firefighting, or another topic relating to the mission of the 
     Forest Service.''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking the period at the end and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) by striking ``date on which the candidate'' and 
     inserting the following: ``date on which--
       ``(1) in the case of a qualified candidate described in 
     subsection (b)(1), the candidate''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) in the case of a qualified candidate described in 
     subsection (b)(2), the later of--
       ``(A) the candidate successfully fulfilled the requirements 
     described in subsection (b)(2)(A); or
       ``(B) the candidate earned a diploma or competed a program 
     described in subsection (b)(2)(B); or
       ``(3) in the case of a qualified candidate described in 
     subsection (b)(3), the candidate graduated from the Civilian 
     Conservation Center.''.
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